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USA: William Howard Taft (1857 1930) was the 27th President of the United States, serving from 1909 to 1913. Photographic portrait, March 1909

William Howard Taft (September 15, 1857 March 8, 1930) served as the 27th President of the United States (19091913) and as the 10th Chief Justice of the United States (19211930), the only person to have held both offices.<br/><br/>. Taft was elected president in 1908, the chosen successor of Theodore Roosevelt, but was defeated for re-election by Woodrow Wilson in 1912 after Roosevelt split the Republican vote by running as a third-party candidate. In 1921, President Warren G. Harding appointed Taft chief justice, a position in which he served until a month before his death.
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USA: William Howard Taft (1857 1930) was the 27th President of the United States, serving from 1909 to 1913. Photographic portrait, March 1909
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William Howard Taft (September 15, 1857 March 8, 1930) served as the 27th President of the United States (19091913) and as the 10th Chief Justice of the United States (19211930), the only person to have held both offices.

. Taft was elected president in 1908, the chosen successor of Theodore Roosevelt, but was defeated for re-election by Woodrow Wilson in 1912 after Roosevelt split the Republican vote by running as a third-party candidate. In 1921, President Warren G. Harding appointed Taft chief justice, a position in which he served until a month before his death.
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